In the fight against software piracy, Microsoft Germany has blocked 50,000 licensekey that were illegally sold on the internet.

Read the full article here: [http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-blocks-50000-license-keys-to-fight-piracy-73668/](http://www.myce.com/news/microsoft-blocks-50000-license-keys-to-fight-piracy-73668/)
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I miss the old days when you didn’t have to “activate” Microsoft programs online. If you bough a copy of office, you could use it 100% anonymously, without Microsoft ever knowing you even exist. Now, every time you turn on your Windows-based computer, Microsoft presumably knows it.

When in doubt, don’t use anything Microsoft. Or better yet, don’t use anything proprietary.

Actually all software companies (plus God knows who) knows everything about us, users. Who the heck’s aware of what kind of information is passed through our home networks.
I don’t deal with this question as I can not prevent anything, even if I have the most sophisticated systems.